Filming season at the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) in Vietnam.
Since the end of October 2015 it has been a busy time for the Turtle Conservation Centre (TCC) of Cuc ... Read More
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Endemic Vietnamese Pond Turtle benefits from protection agreement signed along with community football matches
The Vietnamese Pond Turtle (Mauremys annamensis) is an endemic specie, found only in the lowlands of central Vietnam from Da ... Read More
Kids Football For turtle Conservation in Northern Vietnam
From the 13th – 21st July 2015 the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) supported the kids football event in ... Read More
No hunting agreement from local fishermen helps protect the world’s rarest turtle
On the 15th of June 2015 the annual meeting was held for local fishermen around Dong Mo Lake in the outskirts ... Read More
Another potential site for Rafetus swinhoei identified in Vietnam
Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), better known in Vietnam as the Hoan Kiem Turtle due to a 15th century legend linked ... Read More
Second boat race organized to support the world’s rarest turtle
Dong Mo Lake is a large expanse of water to the west of Hanoi, Vietnam. Beneath the quiet surface a ... Read More
Fifth football match organized to support conservation of the worlds rarest turtle
From 25th of February to the 3rd of March 2015, the Asian Turtle Program (ATP) of Indo-Myanmar Conservation (IMC) in collaboration with ... Read More
Volleyball matches celebrate the new lunar year in central Vietnam and raise awareness to a highly threatened local turtle
The Lunar New Year, known as the Tet holiday, in Vietnam is the longest and most significant national holiday, on ... Read More
New no fishing zone created to protect the world’s rarest turtle
From the 3rd to the 9th of February 2015, two no fishing zones were created in Dong Mo lake, Son Tay district, ... Read More
New nesting beach built in the hope of attracting the worlds rarest turtle
From the 12th to 17th January 2015 staffs from the Asian Turtle program (ATP) have worked to create an artificial nesting beach ... Read More